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Until mid 2011, for more than a decade of his career, he was the most elusive, least hit fighter in the whole of MMA, ahead of even Prime Machida, before Shogun figured him out sort of then saw the Machida era fall prematurely after becoming the LHW champion.
I know people are calling him nothing but a wild brawler even in his prime, and some people are calling him someone who was a calculated fighter in his prime with high fight iq but now a washed up brawler, but I can't help but wonder it has more to do with his incredibly diminished chin, slower reaction time and speed.
Fedor teaches that because of the small gloves in MMA, it's better to use your head movement to avoid strikes, and he does that. He practices what he preaches, unlike some Brazilian fighter who states in his book that you can get hurt if you throw low kick without setting up and opponents checks it, then does it and break his leg then calls it a fluke.
He has always been super aggressive fighter, but he was able to roll with and slip punches and have cat like reflexes too. Fedor is the only major fighter who had his OWN coaches talk about his decline in performance WHILE he was winning still, unlike a certain Brazilian fighter whose FANS only started to talk about after getting ktfo.
Fedor is the greatest of all time, as much as you don't want to believe in truth. The truth can be hard to handle. But ,he is, and he's not just a wild brawler. He's the complete fighter, the favorite of your own favorite fighter.
I know people are calling him nothing but a wild brawler even in his prime, and some people are calling him someone who was a calculated fighter in his prime with high fight iq but now a washed up brawler, but I can't help but wonder it has more to do with his incredibly diminished chin, slower reaction time and speed.
Fedor teaches that because of the small gloves in MMA, it's better to use your head movement to avoid strikes, and he does that. He practices what he preaches, unlike some Brazilian fighter who states in his book that you can get hurt if you throw low kick without setting up and opponents checks it, then does it and break his leg then calls it a fluke.
He has always been super aggressive fighter, but he was able to roll with and slip punches and have cat like reflexes too. Fedor is the only major fighter who had his OWN coaches talk about his decline in performance WHILE he was winning still, unlike a certain Brazilian fighter whose FANS only started to talk about after getting ktfo.
Fedor is the greatest of all time, as much as you don't want to believe in truth. The truth can be hard to handle. But ,he is, and he's not just a wild brawler. He's the complete fighter, the favorite of your own favorite fighter.
